Film Final
Which of the following are and are not basic categories of film sound? -silence -fidelity -vocal sounds -environmental sounds -music -pitch
Categories - Vocal sounds, environmental sounds, music, silence Not - Pitch, Fidelity
Which of the following people have contributed to the development and spread of method acting, and which have not? Stella Adler Elia Kazan Clark Gable Al Pacino Konstantin Stanislavsky Lee Strasberg
Did Stella Adler Konstantin Stanislavsky Al Pacino Elia Kazan Did Not Clark Gable
What is the difference between diegetic sound and nondiegetic sound?
Diegetic sound originates from a source within the world of the film, while nondiegetic sound comes from a source outside that world
Which of the following terms best describes the editing in this clip? discontinuity Continuity
Discontinuity
What editing technique is being used in this brief clip from The Big Charade (McKeown, 2003)? Fade Iris Dissolve
Dissolve
Which of the following are and are not examples of film sound that expresses a point of view? 1bird sounds in Hitchcock's The Birds, suggesting chaos 2Using automatic dialogue replacement to clean up errors in recording 3Traffic noises making a city seem overwhelming 4ocean noises implying the beach is peaceful 5A Foley artist walking in high heels near a microphone to amplify the sound
Do - 1, 3, 4, Do Not - 2, 5
The types of sound that filmmakers can include in their sound tracks include all of the following general categories EXCEPT ____________.
Dolby sounds
A lens with a short focal length (also known as a wide-angle lens) makes subjects on-screen appear farther apart than they actually are. Which image uses a lens with a short focal length?
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb A lens with a short focal length makes subjects on screen appear farther apart than they actually are, as illustrated in this image (p
Match Stunt doubling, ensemble acting, nonprofessional acting Wes Anderson regularly works with a specific group of actors, such as Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, and Anjelica Huston, who appear together in several of his films. While casting Tangerine (2015), Sean Baker discovered Kitana Kiki Rodriguez at the Los Angeles LGBT Center and cast her even though she had no previous film acting experience. Athletic and trained in martial arts, Zoe Bell performed the knife fight in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Tarantino, 2003), although the audience sees the fight as performed by star Uma Thurman.
1. Ensemble Acting 2. Nonprofessional Acting 3. Stunt Doubling
Match Iris-in match-on-action cut graphic match cut The scene begins with a beautiful Hollywood star framed in a tight circle. The circle expands until we can see the entire frame. We see a character falling; the sequence cuts between different angles while she falls. A filmmaker focuses on a child holding a ball. The following shot is of the moon, framed so that it is the same size as the ball.
1. Iris-In 2. Match on Action Cut 3. Graphic Match Cut
Match: Bit player, walk-on, leading role Anna Kendrick is first-billed on the film A Simple Favor (Feig, 2018); the studio promotes the film by identifying her as the star. Kumar Pallana was in five of Wes Anderson's films, but rarely had more than a few lines. In Deadpool 2 (Leitch, 2018), the running gag of an invisible superhero named Vanisher culminates in the single-shot reveal that Vanisher is Brad Pitt.
1. Leading Role 2. Bit Player 3. Walk-On
Put these in order Rough Cut Picture Lock Fine Cut
1. Rough Cut 2. Fine Cut 3. Picture Lock
The width of an image related to its height is known as the aspect ratio. What is the aspect ratio of this image?
1.33:1
silent film
16 frames per second
In this scene, the driver and the body maintain their positions in relation to the camera, which means the filmmakers are following the --- rule; the actors are positioned upon an imaginary line called the ---. Salvo 180 Degree 30 Degree Rule of Thirds Axis of Action
180-degree Axis of Action
The transition to sound film began in 1907 1947 1927
1927
New American Cinema began around ___ and was born out of _________
1965, practical adaptations to market changes
On average, for a commercial feature film, for every minute you see on the screen, how many minutes of footage were discarded? 100 20 1
20
sound film
24 frames per second
Watch this clip from Spam-Ku (Tsuchida, 2005). How might we describe this series of shots? (Spam) intercutting crosscutting 3-shot salvo
3-shot salvo
What does it mean when actors are typecast?
Actors tend to get cast in certain types of roles based on their looks.
Which of the following directors often uses silence as a sound?
Akira Kurosawa
In this clip from Bartholomew's Song (Cretton and Frank, 2005), we hear the announcement that Bartholomew 467 is "defective" and see him taken away. The next scene shows that his spot in the assembly line is now occupied by Bartholomew 468. We do not see what happened in the gap of time between these two events. What is this editing technique called? Graphic Match Montage Sequence Discontinuity Editing An ellipsis
An ellipsis
What is the difference between an iris-in and an iris-out?
An iris-in begins with a small circle that expands, while an iris-out gradually closes an image.
While analyzing an actor's performance, we may assess whether the actor looks and acts naturally like the character she is portraying. Which aspect of performance are we critiquing in this case? emotionality wholeness and unity appropriateness expressive coherence
Appropriateness
When evaluating an actor's performance, we consider appearance and transparency as part of the assessment of ---, while an actor's expression of emotion and the character's inner life is part of the assessment of inherent ---. Expressive coherence Appropriateness Unity Thoughtfulness Wholeness
Appropriateness Thoughtfulness
Which of the following editing elements are and which of the following editing elements are not used in this brief clip from Death to the Tinman (Tintori, 2007)? Graphic Match Cut Eyeline Match Cut Match-on-Action Cut 180 Degree Rule
Are 180 Degree Rule Match on Action Cut Are not Eyeline Match Cut Graphic Match Cut
Which of the following are and which of the following are not conventions of continuity editing? -Graphic Relations are maintained from shot to shot -It is often confusing to the viewer -It makes narrative Sense -It distorts the audience's sense of space -It maintains consistent screen direction
Are - Graphic Relations are maintained It maintains consistent screen direction Makes narrative sense Are Not - It distorts the audience's sense of space It is confusing to the viewer.
Which of the following are and which of the following are not the four phases of sound production? frequency silence recording design mixing editing
Are - Recording, Design, Mixing, Editing Are Not - Frequency, Silence
Which of the following are and which of the following are not the four phases of sound production? recording silence editing design frequency mixing
Are - Recording, editing, design, mixing Are not - silence, frequency
Which of the following are the three general categories of describing film sound, and which are not? recording type mixing perceptual characteristics silence source
Are - Source, Type, perceptual characteristics Are Not - Silence, recording, mixing
Which of the following are and are not terms used to describe the general characteristics of film sound? double-system looping loudness quality pitch
Are - loudness, pitch, quality Are not - double system, looping
Which of the following are and which of the following are not aspects of appropriateness in acting? What the actor sounds like Unity Transparency Expressive Coherence What the actor looks like
Are: What the actor sounds like, what the actor looks like, and transparency Are Not: Unity, and expressive coherence
Which of the following are and which of the following are not aspects of method acting? Is specifically for characters who have no lines Is highly naturalistic Was developed in the 21st century Sometimes appears edgy or neurotic Is nonnaturalistic Requires intense concentration
Aspects - -Is highly naturalistic -Sometimes appears edgy or neurotic -Requires intense concentration Not Aspects - -Is specifically for characters who have no lines -Is nonnaturalistic -Was developed in the 21st century
What does ADR stand for? automatic dialogue replacement audio dynamic recording aggregated diegetic resources.
Automatic dialogue replacement
Which figure is associated with nonnaturalistic performance?
Bertolt Brecht
producers mark
a designation that appears on-screen signifying the people who have taken on the majority of the producing duties for a film
Editing can suspend the viewer in a single instant. For example, the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Hill, 1969) ends on a still image of Butch and Sundance. The editor accomplishes this by simply repeating the same frame for a certain length of time. What is this editing technique called? a freeze-frame a graphic match overlapping action
a freeze frame
What was the Hays Office?
a regulatory agency that censored film content
What is a blimp?
a soundproof enclosure that prevents the sound of the camera from reaching the microphone
Generally, which element of film sparks the initial interest of a movie audience?
actors
If the sounds in this sequence were the result of the filmmaker capturing them during shooting, then they are ---. If the sounds were recorded separately by an artist synching with a projection of the visual footage, then they are ---. Foley Dialogue Narration Ambient Montage
ambient foley
A film editor provides the director with a video she created by sequencing storyboard images and adding sound. What is this called? an animatic a freeze-frame a cartoon
an animatic
if a film is overexposed or underexposed, the camera operator most likely made an error in the position of which part of the camera?
aperture
While analyzing an actor's performance, we may assess whether the actor looks and acts naturally like the character she is portraying. Which aspect of performance are we critiquing in this case? appropriateness emotionality wholeness and unity expressive coherence
appropriateness
Sometimes editors place incongruent images in juxtaposition. As viewers, we often still infer connections between them. What is this called? Associative Editing Continuity Editing Master Shot
associative editing
The short film The Big Charade frequently includes a sound design that combines images with unexpected sounds. This clip, for example, gives loud dynamic sound to each gesture the charade player makes. This is an example of ____________.
asynchronous sound
The first assistant electrician on the camera crew is called the _____________.
best boy
In terms of smaller roles, - actors have small speaking roles, while - actors take the place of actors for purposes of lighting and shot setup. Stand-ins bit players cameos character actors
bit players stand-ins
classical Hollywood
built upon invisible editing and seamless storytelling
Which of the following are and which of the following are not methods most Hollywood directors use to choose their projects? Method(s)
buy a pitch from a professional screenwriter develop an idea of their own buy the rights to a successful novel
The member of the camera crew who controls the camera during the shot is called the _____________.
camera operator
Gary Oldman is an actor who can transform himself into myriad characters, as seen here as Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula (Coppola, 1992), as Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Cuarón, 2004), as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour (Wright, 2017), and as James Gordon in The Dark Knight (Nolan, 2008). What type of actor does this ability to transform mark Oldman as an example of? Nonprofessional actor personality actor chameleon actor
chameleon actor
What do sounds and musical themes connected to individuals in a film give the audience a sense of? fidelity simultaneity interior monologue characterization
characterization
The process of capturing moving images on film or a digital storage device is called _____________
cinematography
the title of the movie Tangerine (2015) was inspired by what process during postproduction?
color grading
Georges Méliès is one of the fathers of science fiction and fantasy, while the Lumière brothers created some of the first documentaries.
complete the following
When sound links two shots with an overlap, it can help to create which of the following? Diegesis Continuity Fidelity
continuity
The editing technique of joining together two shots is called ____________.
cutting
What are the four phrases of sound production?
design, recording, editing, mixing
These sounds come from a source within a film's world. They are the sounds heard by both the movie's audience and characters
diegetic sounds
Acting that focuses on the collaboration of a group of actors is called -, which is more commonly found in -. Theater Character Documentary Close-Up Ensemble Method
Ensemble Theater
not methods
directors are not responsible for choosing which stories to make into films simply choose actors and improvise until something comes together
What editing transition does this clip from Snapshot illustrate?
dissolve
German Expressionism
distorted, exaggerated settings and unnatural costumes
Soviet Montage
fragmented and reassembled footage
A movie series that is adapted from a licensed work, like the Harry Potter or Marvel Cinematic Universe films, is called a
franchise
This member of the camera crew is the chief electrician for the production.
gaffer
Sleepy Hollow (1999) was directed by Tim Burton, an artist who frequently visually references German Expressionism in his films.
german expressionism
his member of the camera crew is the all-around handyperson who works with both the camerapersons and the electricians to get the camera and lighting ready for shooting.
grip
The people's republic film
has portrayed a shifting postwar ideology, often focusing on traditionally taboo subjects with films like Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Delivering lines based loosely on the written script or without rehearsal is called ____________.
improvisation
Which of the following statements about The Great Train Robbery is true?
it pioneered narrative filmmaking and was the first Western
A --- cut is created when two shots of the same subject, shot from the same camera position, appear immediately after the other. jump match point of view fade
jump
The French New Wave film Breathless (1960) often violates conventional continuity with what editing technique that calls attention to the movie's construction?
jump cut During a scene of the young lovers Michel and Patricia primping and flirting in the bathroom of Patricia's apartment, the editor cuts five pieces out of one continuous shot, creating five obvious jump cuts
Parallel Cinema was often more political and experimental than
mainstream Indian cinema.
A low-angle shot is often used to _____________.
make the subject seem powerful
Which type of shot frames the subject from somewhere around the waist and up, making him or her large enough in the frame to reduce the background to the point of insignificance?
medium shot
What is the style of acting popularized by Konstantin Stanislavsky and his students? method acting nonnaturalistic acting
method
The process of combining different sound tracks into one composite sound track to play in synchronization with the edited picture is called-----
mixing
Watch this clip from Bartholomew's Song (Cretton and Frank, 2005). How would you describe this sequence? montage sequence split screen master shot
montage sequence
Werner Herzog's style is frequently called hallucinatory due to what sound design element in his films that produces a feeling in the viewer of being somewhere between fantasy and reality? Correct Answer
music and silence
What was das neue Kino?
new german cinema
These sounds come from a source outside the world of the movie are heard only by the audience
nondiegetic sounds
While making The Florida Project (2017), director Sean Baker wanted the character Jancey to have an unaffected naturalism, so he cast Valeria Cotto, who had not been trained as an actor. Cotto is an example of a personality actor chameleon actor nonprofessional actor
nonprofessional actor
These are real-life people who take roles in feature films (not documentaries) to play characters whose lives are much like their own.
nonprofessional actors
Taiwan film
often concerned with realistic depictions of ordinary people, such as in Taipei Story (1985)
What is a setup?
one camera position and everything associated with it
In the climactic scene of Bonnie and Clyde (1967), what form of editing is used for the series of shots that extends moments of time just prior to and during the machine-gun fire?
overlapping action
In I'm Not There (Haynes, 2007), Cate Blanchett surprised audiences by taking a role at odds with her expected cameo cast persona
persona
A sound's --- is defined by frequency, while --- is defined by volume pitch loudness timbre fidelity harmony
pitch loudness
What are the four basic perceptual characters of sound?
pitch, loudness, quality, fidelity
Hong Kong film
primarily known for wuxia and kung-fu action movies, such as A Better Tomorrow (1986)
An open frame is generally employed in _____________ films, while a closed frame is generally employed in ____________ films.
realistic; formalist
Diegetic and on-screen sound is called ---. When we sense a discrepancy between what we are seeing and what we are hearing, this is called ---. internal asynchronous non-simultaneous narration simultaneous
simultaneous asynchhronous
As light and dark create the image, so ____________ create the sound track.
sound and silence
What is ambient sound?
sounds that emanate from the setting or environment being filmed
Which of the following terms can be defined as "the location from which a sound originates"? fidelity source perceptual characteristic
source
The editing technique in which the screen is broken into multiple frames and images is known as ____________.
split screen
Typically, -- actors avoid soft speech, subtle facial expressions, or small gestures, while - actors often rely on understated gestures and facial expressions. stage film nonnaturalistic method
stage, film
Which approach to film history would examine inventions like widescreen processes and Smell-O-Vision?
technological
The effect of perceiving spatial continuity between two shots, including two shots filmed at different times in different places, is called ____________.
the Kuleshov effect Kuleshov demonstrated a creative capacity of film editing that editors still use: the juxtaposition of images to create new meaning not present in any single shot by itself (pp. 289-91).
Which naturalistic style of acting encourages actors to speak, move, and gesture not in a traditional stage manner but just as they would in their own lives?
the Method
an essay exploring the films of David Lynch
the aesthetic approach
What is the negative cost of a film?
the cost of producing the film
a paper focusing on the financial impact of Bollywood
the economic approach
Which individual is capable of molding a performance with more control than most directors or even the actors themselves?
the editor
Farewell My Concubine (Chen, 1993) was banned in China. What was the reason for the censorship?
the film's portrayal of homosexuality
answer print
the first combined print of a film
Unlike a static painting or picture, a motion picture moves and thus shifts its point of view. Point of view is implied by _____________.
the framing of a shot
What is authorship?
the idea that an individual film director has a unique style
What is mixing? -Recording -the art of creating film sound -the process of combining all of the different individual edited tracks of dialogue, sound effects, and music into one sound track. -The process of rerecording dialogue while watching a looped recording to replace flawed sound captured during photography.
the process of combining all of the different individual edited tracks of dialogue, sound effects, and music into one sound track.
billing block
the production credits of a film
what is looping
the rerecording of sound first recorded on set
What actors' labor union was founded in 1933?
the screen actors guild
a survey mapping audience responses to portrayals of LGBTQ characters
the social history approach
Who is responsible for generating and controlling the sound in movies? the cinematographer the director the sound crew the editor
the sound crew
Listen carefully to this clip from Spam-ku. Which sound element is an example of diegetic sound?
the sound of the pancake batter
a project examining the different types of 3-D cinema
the technological approach
Why are the films of Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, and Mrinal Sen called "Parallel Cinema"?
they existed alongside mainstream Indian Cinema
What was the studio "look"?
this was the stylistic sameness that resulted from predictable production techniques of studios that generated hundreds of movies each year
Why does an assistant use a slate or clapboard on a film set?
to help synchronize the separate image and sound recordings in postproduction
Holding a shot after the peak of the content curve, past the point where the viewer has processed all of the immediately available information, generally makes the viewer feel ____________.
trapped
In what situation must actors focus on the communicative power of slight facial gestures while ignoring the expressive potential of their bodies
when being filmed in a close-up
Hollywood films are typically shot in chronological order.
FALSE
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded by a group of devout film fans who wanted to acknowledge excellence in filmmaking.
FALSE
The central-producer system of filmmaking was focused on creating a small number of high-quality, artistically challenging films.
FALSE (the films dropped in quality and eventually the studios shifted to the producer-unit model to improve box-office performance)
A --- transitions between shots over multiple frames. These are traditionally used as transitions from one scene to another, and they're often used to convey the passage of time. A --- is also used to emphasize a passage of time between scenes, but because it combines the two shots so that they momentarily share the screen, the technique is also often used to imply a relationship between the people, objects, or events depicted in the scenes connected by the transition. Match cut Fade Dissolve Jump-Cut Wipe
Fade, dissolve
Foley sounds are sounds that are created or recorded "wild" and then edited into the film.
False
Improvised acting allows directors to play a less active role when working with actors.
False
In the studio era, an option contract allowed an actor to drop the option to work at a particular studio and choose to move to another studio after his or her contract expired.
False
Most directors edit their own films
False
T or F Breaking the fourth wall refers to moments when an actor moves outside of the frame of the camera.
False
T or F In a Hollywood-produced, narrative feature film, most of the sound is recorded during filming.
False
T or F Recording sound is the least technologically complicated aspect of filmmaking.
False
T or F: According to this chapter, all movie actors are movie stars.
False
T or F: Most contemporary film acting is purely improvisational
False
T or F: The casting of a film has almost no impact on its financial success.
False
T or F: It is generally accepted that digitally generated characters will replace actors within the next few years.
False
T or F: Cutting can be either fast or slow.
False
T or F: Editors always follow a strict formula, called the content curve, to determine shot duration.
False
Match - Quality, Pitch, Fidelity, Loudness -a sounds faithfulness or unfaithfulness to its source -timbre, texture, or color -volume -level (either high or low)
Fidelity Quality Loudness Pitch
Not Influenced by Italian Neorealism
French Avant-Garde Soviet Montage
What made Cary Grant unique among Hollywood actors during classical studio era?
He did not have a studio contract.
According to two recent polls described in the book, which two actors are among both the most popular and the most likely to positively affect a movie's gross?
Jennifer Lawrence and Sandra Bullock
NOT Example(s) of New American Cinema Directors
John Ford Orson Welles Jean-Luc Godard
Meaning in movies is often created through the --- of individual shots. Juxtaposition Animatic Picture Lock
Juxtaposition
A shot that is in between a long shot and a medium shot is known as an American shot, a two-shot, or a medium long shot. Which still represents this kind of shot?
King's Speech (shot 2)
Which of the following clips is an example of nonnaturalistic performance?
Kleingeld
In the 1920s, --- conducted an experiment in which he juxtaposed a shot of an actor wearing a neutral expression with a number of other shots and then screened them in sequence for a test audience. With this simple experiment, he demonstrated a creative capacity of film editing that editors still use: the juxtaposition of images to create new meaning not present in any single shot by itself. Lev Kuleshov Vsevolod Pudovkin Sergei Eisenstein Darren Aronofsky
Lev Kuleshov
In Broken Blossoms (1919), the performance of which actress, credited with inventing the art of screen acting, is considered the first great film performance by an actor?
Lillian Gish
A filmmaker decides to photograph a single scene with a variety of shot types and angles to choose from in the editing phase. What is this process called? intercutting shot/reverse shot master scene technique
Master Scene Technique
Watch this clip from Kleingeld (Bochert, 1999). What is the best description of this shot? Master Shot Crosscutting Shot/Reverse shot Intercutting
Master Shot
Depth of field refers to the distance in front of the camera (and its lens) in which the subjects are in apparent sharp focus. A lens with a short focal length has a complete depth of field. Which image represents a complete depth of field?
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Which of the following are and which of the following are not types of minor roles? cameos leading roles walk-ons bit players featured roles
Minor - Walk-ons Bit-Players Cameos Not Minor Leading Roles Featured Roles
What is it called when a sound editor mixes sounds from multiple sources, including diverse quality, levels, and placement? asynchronous sound ADR montage dialogue
Montage
Influenced by Italian Neorealism
New American Cinema British Free Cinema French New Wave
In roles such as the Red Queen (Alice in Wonderland, Burton, 2010) and Bellatrix Lestrange (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Yates, 2007), Helena Bonham Carter rejects realistic fidelity, embracing the characters' extreme appearance and mannerisms. These performances are examples of what kind of acting? Nonnaturalistic Naturalistic Nonprofessional
Nonnaturalistic
Which image represents a high-angle shot?
North by Northwest
Who do the textbook authors call the first sound designer in American film history?
Orson Welles
Editors can juxtapose shots in a sequence that extends action across time by repeating the same action over multiple shots. This repetition momentarily holds viewers in a single instant of time, which assigns emphasis and significance to the extended action. The famous "Odessa Steps" sequence in Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin (1925) uses this technique repeatedly. Here we see a succession of shots showing people fleeing down the steps before the cause of their fear—advancing Cossack soldiers—is revealed. What is this called? Jump cut Ellipsis Overlapping action
Overlapping Action
A fight scene in a film may employ many shots of the same duration, which sets a fast --- that can be changed up in order to impact the ___. Salvo FPS Rhythm Coverage Pace
Pace, Rhythm
When audiences choose to go to a Robert Downey Jr. movie, there is often an expectation for the type of character he most frequently portrays (arrogant and intelligent). In this sense, what type of actor is Downey an example of? personality actor chameleon actor nonprofessional actor
Personality Actor
Which of the following are and which of the following are not the five primary functions of editing? -Organize fragmented action and events -Create Spatial relationships between shots -Create meaning through juxtaposition -Create Mise-en-scene -create temporal relationships between shots -Establish and control shot duration, pace, and Rhythm -Determine the Framing of a Shot
Primary Functions - The rest Not - Create Mise-en-scene, Determine the framing of the shot.
Which of the following are and which of the following are not reasons why almost all major motion pictures are now shot, edited, and released digitally?
Reason(s) Digital is less expensive to shoot than analog stock. Digital editing is less expensive than analog editing. It is more cost effective to distribute film digitally. Not Reason(s) Digital just looks better than film stock. Analog film stock is no longer available.
Unknown actors sometimes receive --- to determine how they look under studio lighting, and how they sound when recorded Open Calls Screen Tests Casting Directors Option contracts
Screen Tests
Our perception of the duration of any shot is affected by the content that shot presents. A shot with relatively straightforward or simple content usually has a --- duration. A shot containing a great deal of information typically has a relatively --- duration, giving the viewer time to process. This interplay between duration and information is known as the ---, 30 Degree Rule Short Freeze-Frame Content Curve Long
Short, Long, Content Curve
The two types of vocal sounds in a film are dialogue, which develops out of situations and conflicts that characters find themselves in, and narration, which is commentary spoken by on-screen or offscreen voices. Which clip illustrates both dialogue and narration?
The Big Charade
Why is so much of The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer, 1928) shot in close-up? The audience feels an intimacy w and sympathy for the main character audiences learn to distrust falconetti's performance Cameras in the 1920s could only shoot in close-up
The audience feels an intimacy with and sympathy for the main character
Why is the axis of action also called the 180-degree system?
There are 180 degrees of space on the chosen side of the axis of action in which the camera may be placed to preserve screen direction.
Listen carefully to this clip from Snapshot. Based on the sound track, which of the following statements is TRUE?
There are a lot of people at this party, and someone is playing the piano.
Persona is crucial to the career of which of the following actors?
Tom Cruise
Which of the following is an example of ambient sound? -a director hiring an orchestra to play classical music for the score -prerecording sound effects used to fill in sound in a scene -traffic noises recorded while filming a city scene
Traffic noices recorded while filming a city scene
External sound comes from a source within the world of the story and can be heard by the characters in that world.
True
T or F In the earliest days of filmmaking, most stage actors scorned film acting and had no interest in transitioning to that industry.
True
T or F: Directors and producers typically have more control over casting than casting directors.
True
T or F: Film sound can help audiences identify the temporal dimensions of what they are watching.
True
T or F: One of the ways viewers infer meaning is through the juxtaposition of shots.
True
Which are true or false about improvisation? It is highly scripted it is collaborative it involves making up lines it involves extemporizing It is the most common type of film acting
True It involves making up lines It is collaborative It involves extemporizing False It is highly scripted It is the most common type of film acting
Which of the following are true and which of the following are false statements about classical studio era movie stars? They were treated as commodities They typically had total control over their careers They were the most talented actors of the era Their image was sometimes more valued than their acting skills They typically had little control over their careers.
True They were treated as commodities Their Image was sometimes more valued than their acting skills They typically had little control over their careers False They typically had total control over their careers They were the most talented actors of the era.
Which of the following statements are true and which are false of classical cutting? -Action is photographed once -It used coverage -The same action in a scene is photographed multiple times, in shots of varying length and speed -It is only used for discontinuity editing.
True - -It used coverage -The same action in a scene is photographed multiple times, in shots of varying length and speed False - -It is only for discontinuity editing -Action is photographed once.
Of the following statements regarding the jump cut, which are true and which are false? -Any discontinuity edit is a jump cut -It can be created using a single shot of ongoing action -It involves multiple shots of the same subject -It is only used in continuity editing -It involved multiple shots using the same camera position
True - -It involved multiple shots using the same camera position -It can be created using a single shot of ongoing action -It involves multiple shots of the same subject False - -It is only used in continuity editing -Any discontinuity edit is a jump cut
A match cut helps create a sense of continuity between shots by matching shot A and shot B in terms of action, graphic content, or eyelines. Which clip provides an example of a match cut?
Two Cars, One Night
Which of the following are and are not types of film sound? Dialogue Narration Ambient Fidelity Silence
Types- Dialogue Narration Ambient Silence Not types - Fidelity
Which of the following are or are not techniques typically used in continuity editing? Match-on-action cut Abrupt temporal shift eyeline match cut 180 degree rule animatics
Used - 180 Degree Rule Eyeline Match Cut MatchOnAction Cut Not used - Animatics Abrupt Temporal Shift
Director Alfred Hitchcock frequently appeared in his own films in a momentary nonspeaking role, such as a passenger on a train or a customer in a shop. What is this kind of brief screen appearance by a highly recognizable celebrity called? stuntperson walk-on stand-in
Walk-on
Some filmmakers still prefer analog film to digital because of its grain, depth of color, and even because of its imperfections.
TRUE
There is no standard for announcing box-office revenue in the United States
TRUE
Match Foleys Double-System Recording Automatic dialogue replacement -Sounds are created to be edited into a film. -The camera records the image and the dialogue is recorded using a separate device. -In what is essentially selective lip-synching, actors perform dialogue while watching a recording to replace faulty sound.
-Foley's -Double System Recording -Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Match - Recording, Mixing, Design, Editing -Combining the tracks of dialogue, sound effects, and music -Converting sound waves into electrical signals -Cutting the recorded sound to decide what will be used in a film -the overall oversight and control of a film's sound
-Mixing -Recording -Editing -Design
Match - Method acting, nonnaturalistic acting, chameleon acting Partly due to makeup and costume, and partly because of his divergent roles, Tom Hardy is almost unrecognizable among Venom (Fleischer, 2018), The Revenant (Iñárritu, 2015), and Dunkirk (Nolan, 2017). While preparing for his role in Taxi Driver (Scorsese, 1976), Robert De Niro worked as a cab driver; his performance in the film is intense, edgy, subtle, and realistic. in the comedy/horror film Beetlejuice (1988), Michael Keaton's performance is exaggerated and extreme, fitting with Tim Burton's weird fantasy world
1. Chameleon Acting 2. Method Acting 3. Non-Naturalistic Acting
If filmmakers want to keep the viewer oriented in space and time, with a smooth and subtle flow, --- editing is a useful tool. If filmmakers would prefer to call attention to the cinematic form, --- editing may be the better choice. Duration Continuity Point of view Discontinuity Animatic
Continuity Discontinuity
What strategy does the director use when shooting the same action of a scene using multiple angles and shot types? Parallel Editing Coverage Master Shot
Coverage
What strategy does the director use when shooting the same action of a scene using multiple angles and shot types? Parallel Editing Master Shot Coverage
Coverage
Watch this brief clip from The Hill (Chow, 2004), focusing on the woman in the sequence, and then fill in the blanks to complete the following statement. The filmmakers shot --- capturing the woman from a number of angles, but the angles are never very jarring, as they follow the --- rule Coverage Master Axis of Action Picture Lock 30 Degree Rule 180 Degree Rule
Coverage 30 Degree
Which of the following is another term for parallel editing? Crosscutting Intercutting Split Screen
Crosscutting
A montage sequence is an editing technique that condenses a series of events into a sequence of shots. Which clip illustrates this technique?
Death to the Tinman
Why do contemporary actors supplement their salaries with appearances on television and in advertisements? Hollywood makes fewer movies than it used to The studios state that they must. Hollywood pays actors less than it used to.
Hollywood makes fewer movies than it used to.
Which is larger, IMAX or 70mm?
IMAX
What best describes the role of a sound designer? -manages the power supply, electrical connections, and cables for a film's sound -provides voice-over narration -records the film's score -identifies necessary sounds, supervises recording, and aids in editing
Identifies necessary sounds, supervises recording, and aids in editing
Watch this clip from The Hill (Chow, 2004). How would you describe this sequence? (Flashback) Crosscutting Master Shot Intercutting
Intercutting
The basic building block of film editing is the --- and its most fundamental tool is the ---. Fragment Cut Material Shot Paste
Shot Cut
Which movie musical vividly and satirically portrays the process of converting movie production from silent to sound?
Singin' in the Rain
he two major approaches to editing are continuity editing and discontinuity editing. Which clip represents discontinuity editing?
Snapshot
The master shot orients the viewer in preparation for the shots that follow. Which clip illustrates a series of shots that includes a master shot?
Snapshot One of the main functions of the master shot is to orient the viewer (pp. 286-87). In this clip, the master shot is the first shot we see, and it orients by demonstrating the spatial relationship between the two characters. See also 305-6.
Which clip includes the editing strategy known as shot/reverse shot?
Snapshot this is the only clip that represents shot/reverse shot, an editing strategy that joins together two characters in shots that were not necessarily filmed in the same time or location (though they often are). (pp. 287, 304-5).
This shot from Run Lola Run (Tykwer, 1998) shows the use of a --- to achieve dramatic effect. Graphic Match Split Screen Montage Sequence
Split screen
Why do the movie stars of today earn more money than stars in classical Hollywood?
Stars can now negotiate their earnings with studios.
Example(s) of New American Cinema Directors
Steven Spielberg Dennis Hopper Terrence Malick
During the golden age of Hollywood, -- had almost complete control over their actors, often locking them into extended -- contracts Typecasting Directors Acting Coaches Studios Sanislavsky Options
Studios, Option
Auteur theory is an example of the aesthetic approach to film history.
TRUE
The alienation effect or distancing effect seeks to _____________ the artificiality of performance and _____________ the audience's identification with the characters.
draw attention to; limit
An editor's control of _____________ can determine the pace or rhythm of a movie.
duration
What does a take refer to?
each time a planned shot is captured
What is the process of selecting, arranging, and assembling the essential components of a movie (visual, sound, and special effects) to tell a story in a unique way?
editing
Early screen acting is characterized by _____________ gestures and ____________.
exaggerated; bombastic mouthing of words
Which type of cut joins a point-of-view shot of a person looking offscreen with a shot of the object of his or her gaze, as found in this clip from Spam-ku?
eyeline match cut
A _____________ film stock is extremely sensitive to light and is therefore useful in low-light situations
fast
Which of the following words is used to describe a sound's faithfulness or unfaithfulness to its source? pitch diegesis fidelity
fidelity
Among the most influential Japanese filmmakers, Kurosawa made both samurai and social problem films, Mizoguchi made films about women's issues and gender relationships, and Ozu made films about contemporary family life.
fill in
In filmmaking, above-the-line costs are the salaries of the director, cast, and screenwriter as well as other preproduction costs, while below-the-line costs are related to production and postproduction.
fill in
The central-producer system consolidated power to a single figure, while the producer-unit system included several levels of managers who held specific strengths and responsibilities.
fill in
Which of the following is not a factor considered in casting? actor's ability budget expected revenues film stock chemistry among actors
film stock
